The disappearance of the Source-Devouring Progenitor's projection did not immediately calm the central battlefield of Clear River Time-Space.
On the contrary, having lost its opponent, the Destruction Supreme began trying to force more Rules Bodies through the Destruction Gate.
The already violently fluctuating cross-temporal veins quickly swelled outward.
Dark gold crystals rapidly grew along the edges of the Destruction Gate.
With every inch they extended outward, a portion of the Water Element Rules in the starry skies near Clear River Time-Space evaporated.
If the Destruction Supreme truly entered Clear River Time-Space through this passage, the disaster it would bring to this Higher Dimensional Plane would likely be no less severe than that caused by the Source-Devouring Progenitor.
Locke immediately recalled the Destruction Black Lotus that had flown outward.
The twelve lotus petals did not return beneath his feet. Instead, they descended upon the Destruction Gate from different directions.
A circle of pitch-black lotus shadows surrounding the Cosmic Gate appeared beyond the Dark Gold Tide.
"It was time to close the gate," Locke said in a deep voice.
His Destruction Will then followed the main rule axis within the Cosmic Gate back to the Star Sector he occupied in Destruction Time-Space.
The surrendered forces that had originally been gathering toward the Destruction Gate soon received Locke's new command.
Large numbers of Destruction Creatures began retreating toward the core nodes under Locke's control.
The Emotion Rules permeating that Star Sector also began contracting inward from the outside.
The power the Destruction Supreme had cast toward the Cosmic Gate immediately lost part of the support of Locke's authority.
Locke could not directly order the Destruction Supreme to stop.
However, his occupation of that Star Sector, along with the surrendered army of Destruction Time-Space obeying his will, was enough to make the Destruction Gate